The prices of all commodities go up in times of inflation. This includes labor. Now, those wage increases seem initially like a good thing, right? Of course not. First of all, employees are only making about as much as they were before because inflation is eating away at their purchasing power. Second, the savings that they have stored up are also losing their potency (savers are creditors, after all). Third, the increased dollar-amount income (albeit with little or no corresponding increase in purchasing power) bumps people into higher tax brackets than they would otherwise be in, thus causing them to pay a greater portion in taxes than they otherwise would, thus reducing the purchasing power of their paycheck as a whole, not just of each individual dollar.
So beware a raise in times of inflation; you could just be sprinting forward to stay right where you are.
Oh so right. When inflation comes around I always go to my employer and demand lower wages that way I don't have to be stuck where I am.